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we've been very fortunate to have the support for secretary clinton for the first year of our existing and now what we are finding that only been in a handful of meetings with secretary kerry, but in every one of the meanings, he has said, or bring the ideas. give me some out-of-the-box thinking. we've got to find another way of doing some of these things. i am hoping our bureau can be a very aggressive supplier of ideas in different ways of doing things. i think if we come up with good ideas, will have influence on policy. will be invited to the rate means that we will be seen as a valuable instrument of change for u.s. foreign policy. i know that is the case at the embassies we are working with. i don't know how many of you have for the state department -- [laughter] i'm probably not begin in a totally foreign language here. but you would understand we've got to do it one day at a time and occasionally with the big idea. one day at a time -- this is kind of a digression, but two or three months ago when i was in a relatively stressful time, i thought, why am i doing this job? i thoug
we've been very fortunate to have the support for secretary clinton for the first year of our existing and now what we are finding that only been in a handful of meetings with secretary kerry, but in every one of the meanings, he has said, or bring the ideas. give me some out-of-the-box thinking. we've got to find another way of doing some of these things. i am hoping our bureau can be a very aggressive supplier of ideas in different ways of doing things. i think if we come up with good ideas,...
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actually, during the clinton years -- which you served -- the average spending level was 19.8%. under the obama administration it's been 24.4% while revenue has been at 15%. hence, the 9-10% deficit difference between revenue that's brought in and the amount of money the federal government keeps spending which is, obviously, borrowed money. in our meeting in my office, you declined to identify what you would consider to be an appropriate target for federal spending. are you prepared to do so today? do you think that the 40-year average norm of 20% roughly is appropriate, or do you think the new normal should be what it currently is under the obama administration, 24.4%? >> senator, i don't think with the current situation's a new normal. we're at the end of a recovery from a very deep recession where we've had extremely, extreme reductions in revenue because of economic activity and more spending because of economic conditions. what i do believe is that as we look ahead we have to recognize what's driving costs. what's driving spending is that there are 30 million more people wh
actually, during the clinton years -- which you served -- the average spending level was 19.8%. under the obama administration it's been 24.4% while revenue has been at 15%. hence, the 9-10% deficit difference between revenue that's brought in and the amount of money the federal government keeps spending which is, obviously, borrowed money. in our meeting in my office, you declined to identify what you would consider to be an appropriate target for federal spending. are you prepared to do so...
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diplomat in the canadian capital during the clinton administration. john manly is the chief exhibit of the council's chief executives. you can't get much more execs than that. he's a former prime minister of finance, foreign affairs and trade and industry. he led the response to the 9/11 attacks and chaired the independent task force on the future of north america david is with the national security program at the center for strategic international studies here in washington and a former senior official of the u.s. energy department and was involved in negotiations for the u.s.-canada free trade agreement and the north american free trade agreement. and rita savage is the bureau chief. in a moment our conversation begins we will hear from all of our guests on the stage and also from our studio audience a little bit later. first let's take the next five minutes and bring some context to the conversation. >> of almost every level, the u.s.-canada relationship though occasionally up by the storm is the envy of the world. integrated industries and economi
diplomat in the canadian capital during the clinton administration. john manly is the chief exhibit of the council's chief executives. you can't get much more execs than that. he's a former prime minister of finance, foreign affairs and trade and industry. he led the response to the 9/11 attacks and chaired the independent task force on the future of north america david is with the national security program at the center for strategic international studies here in washington and a former senior...
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oneok >> i have a question of hillary clinton. [inaudible] >> as i think a question very close to my heart and obviously secretary clinton, we do appreciate her for the work she's done. it's invaluable and i think she's traveled many miles to reach out to women without the same opportunity as we would like women are gross everywhere to have. so i think that is the legacy that will endure for mrs. clinton and breanne pakistan are committed to building, as i said, a durable partnership with the united states on issues exactly such as these. you know, we had a young girl who was epitomized in the struggle of the children in pakistan to retain initiates the opportunities as children everywhere in the world and we hope to be able to bring women. we are disseminating female poverty and it's not going to happen overnight, but not just feminist and leadership in pakistan, you know that women are in positions of power and responsibility in many places in pakistan from the speaker of the foreign minister to many ambassadors and nothing on t
oneok >> i have a question of hillary clinton. [inaudible] >> as i think a question very close to my heart and obviously secretary clinton, we do appreciate her for the work she's done. it's invaluable and i think she's traveled many miles to reach out to women without the same opportunity as we would like women are gross everywhere to have. so i think that is the legacy that will endure for mrs. clinton and breanne pakistan are committed to building, as i said, a durable...
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in particular, president clinton, and he and i during the time i was both omb director and then as his chief of staff, would spend many hours of conversation talking about his experience as a southern baptist getting a catholic education. he talked about it a lot. and also during my time, obviously in the obama administration, i greatly benefited from many of the georgetown graduates. i had the honor to have someone as my chief of staff, jeremy bash, who graduated from georgetown, served as my chief of staff at the cia and followed me to the pentagon as my chief of staff. and also someone who is head of public affairs at the pentagon, george little, who is also someone who both graduated and later taught here at georgetown. talented, young individuals who have been at my side every day for the last four years at both the cia and the pentagon. and i'm deeply grateful for fore work on behalf of me and on behalf of the nation. and i'm deeply grateful to georgetown for training such extraordinary public servants. and speaking of extraordinary public servants, i think many in this audience
in particular, president clinton, and he and i during the time i was both omb director and then as his chief of staff, would spend many hours of conversation talking about his experience as a southern baptist getting a catholic education. he talked about it a lot. and also during my time, obviously in the obama administration, i greatly benefited from many of the georgetown graduates. i had the honor to have someone as my chief of staff, jeremy bash, who graduated from georgetown, served as my...
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though clinton in 1992 inherited the democratic party that is in very bad streets. the lost five out of six presidential elections from 68 to 1988. he understood that party had to be reformed and he did it through several issues. we talked about community, opportunity and social responsibility and tough on crime and so forth. that signals to middle-class voters that bill clinton is a different kind of democrat. he gave himself that name. tony blair to the same thing with the labor party in england. the labor party have been crushed in four straight elections and hadn't gotten more than 40% of the vote since 1970 and blair are not a mistake to say that, i am part of what he called new labour. he wanted to modernize the party and aged it in several ways. he took on elements of the labor party that were most radical and got rid of them in the platform. there is a crime wave sweeping england in the early 90s and he spoke in a way that no labor party candidate had done anyone any fantastic historic collection. i don't think the republican party is quite his best streets
though clinton in 1992 inherited the democratic party that is in very bad streets. the lost five out of six presidential elections from 68 to 1988. he understood that party had to be reformed and he did it through several issues. we talked about community, opportunity and social responsibility and tough on crime and so forth. that signals to middle-class voters that bill clinton is a different kind of democrat. he gave himself that name. tony blair to the same thing with the labor party in...
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well, let's just compare senator kerry and senator hagel to senator hillary clinton and bob gates. by that standard, both of the nominees -- they are not independent thinkers and they have no track record either legislating in the intellectual sense or advancing important ideas or on international politics. but the underlying cause is the president's lack of interest in these issues. >> yes, i have another part of this discussion. the republican party is now focused on trying to be responsible about what kind of physical environments we leave to our children and grandchildren. which i think is good in general terms. so we are very worried about the deficit. and also what kind of deficit will we will be leaving to our heirs. there is a national security deficit that is growing and that will continue to grow. it is a particularly american conceit of the world goes away or stops when we stop paying attention to it. the fact of the matter is that the problems that we see in the world will not go away or if we don't cost them by looking at them and we can't stop them by ignoring them. t
well, let's just compare senator kerry and senator hagel to senator hillary clinton and bob gates. by that standard, both of the nominees -- they are not independent thinkers and they have no track record either legislating in the intellectual sense or advancing important ideas or on international politics. but the underlying cause is the president's lack of interest in these issues. >> yes, i have another part of this discussion. the republican party is now focused on trying to be...
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twice every bus and it was certainly that way when i got here and covered the clinton white house and when i was covering the bush white house and i don't think it's any different now. i would suggest the atmosphere in this room was a lot more intense when i got here in 1993 than it is today. >> jay when you were telling jessica that the tone of that e-mail from gene sperling was respectful last night on twitter david plouffe who very recently was a senior adviser inside the white house put out a tweet that was comparing bob woodward to enraging baseball baseball player who it's sort of lost his talent and it's sort of belittled him. do you think that is respectful and that is something the white house also supports? >> the fact of the matter is there was an accusation that gene had been threatening and is everybody i think who knows gene knows, that's hard to believe. gene has been working on these issues all of his life in these very passionate about them. he works 20 hours a day often on behalf of the american people and this president to try to dance an economic agenda that helps
twice every bus and it was certainly that way when i got here and covered the clinton white house and when i was covering the bush white house and i don't think it's any different now. i would suggest the atmosphere in this room was a lot more intense when i got here in 1993 than it is today. >> jay when you were telling jessica that the tone of that e-mail from gene sperling was respectful last night on twitter david plouffe who very recently was a senior adviser inside the white house...
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marks the 20th anniversary of the family and medical leave act signed in to law in 1993 by president clinton. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule at our website. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. at the recent world economic forum in switzerland participates discuss china's economic future and the policy changes needed to move the country forward. ists including -- analysts included economic professors from china and the u.s. the role world economic forum is anen yule event this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] welcome from inside economic forum. the party congress has said the very ambition goal for all -- [inaudible] and. we'll ask whether how it can be achieved over the next hour. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> translator: i'm going to divide the one hour in to three parts. first we're going to talk about whether the vision could be achieved. what our major challenge and the reas
marks the 20th anniversary of the family and medical leave act signed in to law in 1993 by president clinton. >> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. on weeknights watch key public policy events and every weekend the non-fiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedule at our website. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. at the recent world economic forum in switzerland participates discuss china's economic...
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we see back in the clinton administration they brought in -- is going to organize task forces, organized the entire economy and decide what goods and services we would need 20 years and so it could be planned to create them. hillary clinton him up with a very complicated health care plan which eventually ended up of course more unless being passed 20 years later by the obama administration. the obama administration also believes that its experts know that what we need in terms of energy is green energy. so we're going to channel a lot of resources to green energy companies. but it's not just democrats that do this sort of thing. i was writing this morning about how the state of virginia has been trying to centrally plan the love lives of virginians for 100 years. they tried to keep the mentally feeble from reproducing the they tried to keep people of different races from marrying. now to try to keep people of the same sex from marrying. and in all these cases it really is, we experts know better than these people who should marry, who should love, how people should live. we've got a gove
we see back in the clinton administration they brought in -- is going to organize task forces, organized the entire economy and decide what goods and services we would need 20 years and so it could be planned to create them. hillary clinton him up with a very complicated health care plan which eventually ended up of course more unless being passed 20 years later by the obama administration. the obama administration also believes that its experts know that what we need in terms of energy is...
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kagan also serves as a member of secretary clinton's foreign policy board soon to be senator kerry's policy board and writes a monthly column on a world affairs from "the washington post" and the weekly standard and the new republic. joshua landis is the director of the center for middle east studies and this is the professor at the university of oklahoma. he writes a daily newsletter on syrian policy that attract some 200,000 pages a month. is really one of the most thoughtful blogs today on a which really dives into the crisis and syria. current the vice president for the new initiatives and the distinguished scholar at the woodrow wilson institute at national center for scholars in washington, d.c. they can have another great president. for nearly to nearly two decades has served the secretaries of state and advisers in the middle east bureau, negotiating middle east peace which will get to another debate and is also one of the more thoughtful writers out there today riding daily of these foreign policy issues. leon wieseltier is the editor for the new republic since 1983 and the
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and secretary clinton did something quite admiral. she voluntarily disclosed every foreign donation in the clinton foundation even though the committee rules didn't require, because there was a reasonable question that would be raised if foreign funds have gone to that foundation. i would suggest those two paths are both reasonable passed today. not one, if reasonable questions are raised about financial topics of interest in a sense of measures he could position, of the receipt of foreign funds, one position is to say i won't make that disclosure and i will withdraw from a nomination. and i will point out henry kissinger was for an advisory board, not to be the chief civilian officer of the foreign -- or the second round is to provide disclosure in have to make clear there is not a form conflict of interest. senator hagel's response is truly unprecedented. i am not aware of any president would questions have been asked is a form conflict of interest with the nominee has said i refuse to answer your question, nonetheless i will not wi
and secretary clinton did something quite admiral. she voluntarily disclosed every foreign donation in the clinton foundation even though the committee rules didn't require, because there was a reasonable question that would be raised if foreign funds have gone to that foundation. i would suggest those two paths are both reasonable passed today. not one, if reasonable questions are raised about financial topics of interest in a sense of measures he could position, of the receipt of foreign...
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it's something i did talk to secretary clinton about when i took the job, that i just like to be able to go to any ambassador and said i got a couple million bucks in my pocket. but also it's important for the people that work for our bureau the they go out and they think they've got a million dollar credit line for the taxpayers. so they're forced to be created. otherwise it's like, i don't have any money, i don't have the time, i don't have enough people. but you got a million dollars, if you've got a good idea, call. we still need to activate the phone a little more. we've given them that license. >> there's a movie in this spirit i want to recognize steve morrison who helped to start odi and was one of the founders of it. >> dave, where are you? >> yes, in the back. >> thank you. i'm with voice of vietnamese americans. congratulations to your new position, and congratulations to the new winning streaks, and we hope to continue lasting for your. >> i hope my brothers not watching c-span last night. >> you state from the beginning, you mentioned focus, and you also mentioned we have
it's something i did talk to secretary clinton about when i took the job, that i just like to be able to go to any ambassador and said i got a couple million bucks in my pocket. but also it's important for the people that work for our bureau the they go out and they think they've got a million dollar credit line for the taxpayers. so they're forced to be created. otherwise it's like, i don't have any money, i don't have the time, i don't have enough people. but you got a million dollars, if...
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he can in one time and took almost a year in the clinton administration if you recall that period of time. so, we may be under a different watch for a while of the chairman were to. >> you've watched the commission over the years. how would you characterize some of the changes that have gone on in just how the commission operates in the relationship among the tension how would you characterize the change of the commission over the past ten, 20 years? >> as far as collegiality goes it does vary between the administration and between i think the chairman who set the stage. i think to his credit the commissioners while they are quite split on their philosophy, there - three philosophy i think they all get along personally well and it's to their credit. i don't see any major sports that way. i think if people seem to -- they are adults over there and i think that is relatively good. i do see a lot of differences the commission and by regulated and the one today in the sense of the communications have become so important and you do have the open meeting and they are not able to talk. you
he can in one time and took almost a year in the clinton administration if you recall that period of time. so, we may be under a different watch for a while of the chairman were to. >> you've watched the commission over the years. how would you characterize some of the changes that have gone on in just how the commission operates in the relationship among the tension how would you characterize the change of the commission over the past ten, 20 years? >> as far as collegiality goes...
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even president clinton, even al gore when he was vice president talked about the transition that we have to go through. i see this pipeline as a transition. it's giving us oil from one of our closest, most dependable and friendliest of all allies, canada, as opposed to pushing us over the next five or ten years to continuing to do business with countries that do not share our values like the leadership, unfortunately, in venezuela today or the problems with countries in the northeast, even the saudis who we respect in some ways do not have the same value system as the united states. we would much rather -- at least my constituents would much rather deal with canada and mexico. not only are they better allies, but for louisiana, we like working in canada. it's a little closer to home. we like working in mexico. and since many of these workers on these rigs and in this business come from louisiana and texas, let me be crystal clear. my colleagues that are helping on this are absolutely right. the people of louisiana would like to work in canada where the environmental protections are there
even president clinton, even al gore when he was vice president talked about the transition that we have to go through. i see this pipeline as a transition. it's giving us oil from one of our closest, most dependable and friendliest of all allies, canada, as opposed to pushing us over the next five or ten years to continuing to do business with countries that do not share our values like the leadership, unfortunately, in venezuela today or the problems with countries in the northeast, even the...
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that was the way bill clinton described it. and when daniel webster said that our founding fathers had set before the world an example, he went on to say this -- and i quote -- "the last hopes of mankind therefore rest with us. and if it should be proclaimed that our example had become an argument against the experiment, the knell of popular liberty would be sounded throughout the earth." i've spoken before about this small globe of ours, the light of dawn sweeping each morning across its face, lighting cities and cottages, barrios and villages. and across the globe's face, people coming forth from homes and hovels into that morning sun. each knowing from our american example that life does not have to be the way it is for them, knowing that an example of liberty and self-government stands free before them. that america stands as an alternative and a rebuke to the tyranny, to the corruption, or to the injustice in which they may be admired. so, like many of my colleagues, i believe that america has a special destiny in the worl
that was the way bill clinton described it. and when daniel webster said that our founding fathers had set before the world an example, he went on to say this -- and i quote -- "the last hopes of mankind therefore rest with us. and if it should be proclaimed that our example had become an argument against the experiment, the knell of popular liberty would be sounded throughout the earth." i've spoken before about this small globe of ours, the light of dawn sweeping each morning across...
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director -- president clinton's o.m.b. director, she also complimented the effort, but president obama and jack lew trashed it and politically spent two years campaigning against it while the members of this body refused to bring forth a budget at all. not the senate democrats. oh, no, senator reid said it would be foolish for us to bring forth a budget. today marks the 1,400th day since this body has passed a budget, passing a budget in the congress is required by the united states code. unfortunately, it doesn't put people in jail if they don't do their duty. but it's in there. it was failed to do. so mr. lew has been really loose, really made statements that are not justifiable. they are just not justifiable. for example, on february 15, two days after this, being interviewed by national public radio, he said if we are able to reduce the deficit to the point where we can pay for our spending and invest in the future, that is an enormous accomplishment, this budget has specific proposals that would do that. it does not.
director -- president clinton's o.m.b. director, she also complimented the effort, but president obama and jack lew trashed it and politically spent two years campaigning against it while the members of this body refused to bring forth a budget at all. not the senate democrats. oh, no, senator reid said it would be foolish for us to bring forth a budget. today marks the 1,400th day since this body has passed a budget, passing a budget in the congress is required by the united states code....
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it is no wonder i heard from people in places like clinton, wausau, green bay, superior and chippewa falls who want us all to get this bill passed. we need to get started on this project as soon as possible. tonight, please join me well many coulding a number of people who want to get to work. joining me are josh guinness, larry youngs, cindy, carl crawl, richard, curtla. as uaw, steve anderson, harold brick man, brian, these operating engineers are members of local 139 who are looking for work. also joining us tonight are carpenters and mill rights from northern wisconsin locals of the united brotherhood of carpenters. welcome dana totelli. bob, charlie steed, hall ida, dan gillespie, pete erec, david grote and jim "barron's." [applause] [applause] together, [applause] together, they're holding a flag of the great state of wisconsin. as you can see, on the right-hand side is the image of a miner. in the upper right-hand corner of the shield are the tools of a miner. and on the top of the seal, underneath our motto, forward, is a badger, which comes from the nickname given to early s
it is no wonder i heard from people in places like clinton, wausau, green bay, superior and chippewa falls who want us all to get this bill passed. we need to get started on this project as soon as possible. tonight, please join me well many coulding a number of people who want to get to work. joining me are josh guinness, larry youngs, cindy, carl crawl, richard, curtla. as uaw, steve anderson, harold brick man, brian, these operating engineers are members of local 139 who are looking for...
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they heard from former national security advisor richard clarke who was adviser under the clinton george w. bush administrations and also speaking michigan's chief security officer and information security officer for the shoe and apparel website, zappos. leading the session with the chair and vice chair of the governors health and homeland security committee, martin o'malley and brian sandoval. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm governor brian sandoval on the state of nevada. a meeting of the national governors association committee on health and homeland security is called to order. thank you very much for joining us. the briefing books for this meeting was sent to governors in advance, including agenda. speaker biographies and backgrounds information. the proceedings of this committee meeting are open to the press, and all meeting attendees. as a consideration if you all please take a moment to ensure that your cell phones and other electronic devices are silenced. i would also like to complement governor o'malley, what a privilege and honor it is to serve on this committee with you. be
they heard from former national security advisor richard clarke who was adviser under the clinton george w. bush administrations and also speaking michigan's chief security officer and information security officer for the shoe and apparel website, zappos. leading the session with the chair and vice chair of the governors health and homeland security committee, martin o'malley and brian sandoval. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm governor brian sandoval on the state of nevada. a meeting of...
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although i have to admire secretary clinton. as you remember, she said about a year ago that she felt it would be possible to get toward a percentage where there was some enrichment, but it had to be bound, or at least there was a hint in that direction. and i think she was putting on the table what it is that you're talking about, but we haven't done it concretely enough. and to some extent, a proposal that was either inherently or explicitly in that direction, and i laid out for you what my end state goals would be if we could lay out end state goals, we would hopefully get over that hurdle. i would, because i think it's very important, like to see us engaged in negotiations for two reasons. one, because i want them to succeed. but, two, if they're going to fail, i want to know sooner rather than later. >> uh-huh. can i just probe for a minute on the international dimensions here, and particularly as it relates to the question of enrichment and the question of sanctions. because you both seem to emphasize the idea that getting
although i have to admire secretary clinton. as you remember, she said about a year ago that she felt it would be possible to get toward a percentage where there was some enrichment, but it had to be bound, or at least there was a hint in that direction. and i think she was putting on the table what it is that you're talking about, but we haven't done it concretely enough. and to some extent, a proposal that was either inherently or explicitly in that direction, and i laid out for you what my...
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real debt reduction will require presidential leadership, the kind of leadership that president clinton displayed in 1993 when he convinced 47% of senate democrats and 40% of house democrats to defy organized labor and support the north american free trade agreement. since then, u.s. trade with canada has nearly tripled and u.s. trade with mexico has increased almost sixfold. my hope is that the president will ultimately show the kind of leadership that we've seen throughout this nation's history when we are confronted with big challenges. he has acknowledged the need for serious reform. i believe he understands the problem perfectly, that we can't preserve and protect social security and medicare unless we deal with those programs now, yet he has never acted on his words, instead choosing to engage in the perpetual campaign. as a result, washington keeps spending money it doesn't have and saddling our children with more debt. meanwhile, our safety net programs are spiraling toward a collapse that would leave the poor and the elderly even more vulnerable. it's time for a change and it's
real debt reduction will require presidential leadership, the kind of leadership that president clinton displayed in 1993 when he convinced 47% of senate democrats and 40% of house democrats to defy organized labor and support the north american free trade agreement. since then, u.s. trade with canada has nearly tripled and u.s. trade with mexico has increased almost sixfold. my hope is that the president will ultimately show the kind of leadership that we've seen throughout this nation's...
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bill clinton said it's all about the reference checks. it's all members. right now is such a small, slim majority. the house works on the majority, 50% 18 votes come to hundred 18 votes control. so, when you have on the party lines the public devoting one way and democrats the other come if you get a group in the middle but says that's not good for america or the next generation. it's not who we are as a people, the court doesn't take many, 20, 30, maybe on congress. now let's go over to the senate. and the reason that we take 60, our founding fathers basically wanted the minority to have the same amount of input as the majority party and it's true the democracy. the works that way. it hasn't worked that way because we can't get by procedural, get a vote to the floor because we are in such turmoil but if that happens, you have 45 republican, 55 democrats it takes 60. is only takes a swing and gillmor of 15 people one way in the senate to make it happen. you bring that out and i guarantee you the leadership can count numbers and they know when they don't ha
bill clinton said it's all about the reference checks. it's all members. right now is such a small, slim majority. the house works on the majority, 50% 18 votes come to hundred 18 votes control. so, when you have on the party lines the public devoting one way and democrats the other come if you get a group in the middle but says that's not good for america or the next generation. it's not who we are as a people, the court doesn't take many, 20, 30, maybe on congress. now let's go over to the...
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speaker gingrich was the speaker to pick you worked with and president clinton. we balanced the budget five of those 14 years. it meant that there was compromise. this requires compromise. this requires the republicans stepping forward with some ideas about how to keep essential services of the government running at the level people have been accustomed to. this is not rocket science. this is people coming together the way that other congresses have done to solve big issues. i suggest that my former colleague on the republican side, go see the movie " "lincoln," because it shows how hard it was back then to get it done. what he did is he gathered people around him in a way i believe president obama is doing by calling republicans, talking to them, trying to work with them, and when that happens, big things get solved. the fiscal cliff got solved because people started talking to one another. >>> up next assistant secretary of state discusses u.s. foreign policy efforts to improve conflict prevention and addressing crises. the secretary of the newly created state
speaker gingrich was the speaker to pick you worked with and president clinton. we balanced the budget five of those 14 years. it meant that there was compromise. this requires compromise. this requires the republicans stepping forward with some ideas about how to keep essential services of the government running at the level people have been accustomed to. this is not rocket science. this is people coming together the way that other congresses have done to solve big issues. i suggest that my...
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you know, clinton went to war to liberate kosovo. it was president bush who stewarded kosovo's emergence as an independent country. you had democratic senators and republican senators like bob dole working arm in arm during the debate around kosovo, so really represented a triumph of bipartisanship over several administrations. with intervention, which is an event that occurs over a specific number of days, there also comes a responsibility, a responsibility to steward the process which involves humanitarian action after the fighting stops and then, ultimately, state building. most postconflict challenges and nation building take time and require an enduring political, financial and security commitment from the international commitment. nato forces are, in fact, deployed in kosovo to this day, and as we've seen in other examples, notably afghanistan, you know, the international community needs to act in concert when facing great challenges. i also have concluded that a sin quo nonfor military action is a need for a credible local par
you know, clinton went to war to liberate kosovo. it was president bush who stewarded kosovo's emergence as an independent country. you had democratic senators and republican senators like bob dole working arm in arm during the debate around kosovo, so really represented a triumph of bipartisanship over several administrations. with intervention, which is an event that occurs over a specific number of days, there also comes a responsibility, a responsibility to steward the process which...